Always adjusting curriculum.
Students need a lot of pre-writing time
Each students succeeded at some level
Created class poetry strategies list--reminder for students about what they were learning
Inquiry (what we want to remember about our inquiry projects):
Inquiry can be used at all different grade levels
Question needs to be open-ended
Identify and know your audience (other teachers?)
Collect student samples
Use realia
Ask other teachers for suggestions (collaborate!)
Take notes
Be open to change--be flexible
Not an add on, integrated into your curriculum
Ask student feedback (their processes, reflections, evaluations)
Problem-solving
Keep question front and center--don't get distracted from your original question
Other information:
Inquiry Project Guidelines
Quick presentation then gallery walk
One collaborative project: Kim M., Meta, Susan
5 minute presentation (visual: PowerPoint, trifold poster, glogster, or some other method), 5 minute discussion, gallery walk for 15 minutes
Bring student artifacts
Presentation: Context (unique situation), starting question, reason/rationale for the project (include research that influenced what you did), unique factors that affected the inquiry, process, findings/conclusion. If you got graduate units, write up study.
Always adjusting curriculum.
Students need a lot of pre-writing time
Each students succeeded at some level
Created class poetry strategies list--reminder for students about what they were learning
Inquiry (what we want to remember about our inquiry projects):
Inquiry can be used at all different grade levels
Question needs to be open-ended
Identify and know your audience (other teachers?)
Collect student samples
Use realia
Ask other teachers for suggestions (collaborate!)
Take notes
Be open to change--be flexible
Not an add on, integrated into your curriculum
Ask student feedback (their processes, reflections, evaluations)
Problem-solving
Keep question front and center--don't get distracted from your original question
Other information:
Inquiry Project Guidelines
Quick presentation then gallery walk
One collaborative project: Kim M., Meta, Susan
5 minute presentation (visual: PowerPoint, trifold poster, glogster, or some other method), 5 minute discussion, gallery walk for 15 minutes
Bring student artifacts
Presentation: Context (unique situation), starting question, reason/rationale for the project (include research that influenced what you did), unique factors that affected the inquiry, process, findings/conclusion. If you got graduate units, write up study.
Data: student writing, affective survey, student report, teacher reflective journal.